Verboticisms

Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: kon-troll-of-er

Sentence: Controlovers are stalkers in training.

Etymology: control + love

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Created by: Koekbroer

Pronunciation: am-or-a-vor

Sentence: Rachel gets jealous just when Doug goes through checkout if the checkout person is female. She is a bit of an amoravore

Etymology: "amora" from the Latin for word "amore" (love); "vore" as in eater.

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Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: Cher-hol-der

Sentence: David thinks he can hold on to Cher as his girlfriend. His plan is to spend every minute with her so she can't get interested in any men.

Etymology: Cher, david's girl/ hold, to hang on/shareholder, people that hold stock in, or part ownership in something.

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: eee ross punj

Sentence: She was a complete erosponge, mopping up all the juices he could produce.

Etymology: eros, sponge

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COMMENTS:

Clever! - jedijawa, 2007-04-17: 10:12:00

Clever! - jedijawa, 2007-04-17: 18:53:00

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: wild-oats-tamer

Sentence: Rufus was a renowned oats cultivator, but after meeting Dora, an honest to goodness wildoatstamer, he confined his sowing to his own farm.

Etymology: wild oats (sharing ones love around) + tamer (as in lion tamer, someone who deals with wild things)

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Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: dik - taa - ta - mor - a

Sentence: Sean had become a dictatamore and Sarah was feeling stiffled, stiffened and smothered. He was jealous of her dog, her mother and even her stuffed animals.

Etymology: dicatate, amore

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COMMENTS:

Ha! good word! - splendiction, 2009-11-03: 21:13:00

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Created by: karenanne

Pronunciation: JEH louse

Sentence: Lydia couldn't take it anymore. If she answered her cellphone, Mark would be right there, obviously listening to her side of the conversation. If she didn't take the call, he would "casually" say, "Hmmm... I wonder who was calling?" He would pretend to be doing tasks nearby whenever she was on e-mail, but she knew he was really trying to read over her shoulder. For a while she had thought his possessiveness was sweet, but now she realized he was just a jealouse. It was the same age-old story, except now with technology added.

Etymology: jealous + louse

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COMMENTS:

perfect word! - Nosila, 2009-11-03: 12:10:00

I agree! - splendiction, 2009-11-03: 21:14:00

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Created by: pinwheel

Pronunciation: val/en/mine

Sentence: When he caught her deleting all of his contacts on his cell phone, Dick realised with trepidation that perhaps Julie was a valenmine.

Etymology: Valentine (your beloved one) + mine (all mine, not yours, can't have him, he's mine!)

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COMMENTS:

is that where the seven cupids work? - galwaywegian, 2007-04-17: 07:12:00

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Created by: vonnegut

Pronunciation: sin-wat

Sentence: "As your husband, I'll want all your love for myself." She stared at me with widening eyes. "A sin-wat!"... "I will not marry a sin-wat." She stood. "Goodbye." "Good-bye?" I was crushed.

Etymology: Created by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., for Cat's Cradle, published in 1963.

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Created by: mplsbohemian

Pronunciation: high-purr-FILL-ee-ack

Sentence: Alex dumped his hyperphiliac girlfriend after she lambasted him for talking to his plants.

Etymology: hyper- (overmuch) + -phil- (love) -iac (person ending). Resembles "haemophiliac" and "hyperglycemia".

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